Baby Gerb Pics!

[shortlilangel03]

Here is a pic of three of the baby Gerbils. And surprise they are all female's it is so weird all the of the baby's ended up Female. I know the One is albino but I was wondering what the color of the other two are. I am always curious about colors and Genetics and stuff. Okay here are the pics.











aren't they cute. I was wondering why the one turned out albino? actually two of them did. The Dark Brown is going to my friend Heather. But the other two? Not sure. I am going to ask pet stores if they will take them. I know they are not ready to go yet. Well Thanks for looking and enjoy. Shorty

[crazycritter]

Well, your white one isn't an albino. There isn't such a thing as an Albino gerbil yet...yours is a Pink Eyed White. Very cute ;D

The light "yellowy" one is, I believe, a argente cream pied (very pretty girl..) and the brown one is an agouti spotted.

Good luck!

[shortlilangel03]

Why isn't there a such thing as an albino gerbil? I know there is a such thing as a Albino Glider. And is this true. I have heard so many rumors that if any animal is albino it is blind and or deaf. Is this true? I always find this so hard to believe. Thanks Shorty

[andrea]

the genes to make albino in gerbils is geneticaly fatel, therefore all your gerbs will be pink eyed whites, they therefore will have pigment in the skin a true albino will have no pigment at all.

The only way you would get albino is for the gerbil to have the SPSP genes, but this is fatel so all spot gerbs are SPsp. Its the same as the fatel blue merle gene in shetland shepdogs.

Andrea

[michaela]

OMG, that yellow one looks EXACTLY like my one of my gerbils, Sunny. I wish I knew how to post a pic!

[lizzy]

beautiful gerbils.
doesn't your cat go for them? lmao.